shattering

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shat·ter·ing /ˈʃætərɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 SHOCKvery shocking and upsetting 令人震惊难过的；给人带来极大打击的

His mother’s death was a shattering blow.

他母亲的去世是一个沉重的打击。

2 British EnglishBrE informalTIRED making you very tired 使人疲倦的，使人精疲力竭的 SYN exhausting

I’ve had a shattering day.

我这一天累得筋疲力尽。

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shattering• Gunpowder is still made use of in those quarries where a splitting rather than a shattering action is required.• They provide backing for such shattering conclusions as the following: s fly.• Some people live with a more or less permanent anxiety that this shattering event could happen at any time.• Amid all these shattering events I had little time to try to find out what had happened to Eric.• She heard the crash of shattering glass as the cars clashed.• As he threw the bag to the floor, it landed with a sound of shattering glass which left him feeling sick.• At the moment of its shattering hell would implode on them from all directions.• Finally, there had been the last few months, when everything had fallen apart with such shattering swiftness.• He related his shattering war experiences in his autobiography.

shat·ter·ing adjectiveadj

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